The Secret Life of the Zoo press pack

Chester Zoo is Britain’s most popular zoo hosting 1.6 million visitors every year. But few visitors ever see the world explored in this major new Channel 4 series. Using a range of filming techniques, including a micro-rig to capture animal behaviour close up, The Secret Life of the Zoo will take viewers behind the scenes – capturing in intimate detail both the remarkable behaviour of the animals and their close relationships with their keepers.

From a giraffe baby dropping six feet through the air as it’s born - to tigers moving house - to a pregnant viper being x-rayed, the series will present these spectacular rites of passage in the lives of rare animals as never before.

The Secret Life of the Zoo is on Channel 4 on Tuesdays at 8pm from 2nd February.